Showing results for "Perfect Parenting" in Literature & Fiction

Christopher and Hannah are a happily married surgeon and nurse with picture-perfect lives. All that’s missing is a child. When Janie, an abandoned six-year-old, turns up at their hospital, Christopher forms an instant connection with her, and he convinces Hannah they should take her home as their own.

An Earphone Award Winner Audiobook performed by Therese Plummer When Isabelle Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's at a crossroads in her life. Fresh out of high school and pregnant with her art teacher’s baby, Izzy faces an uncertain future. Her mother is dead and her father is a drunk. The...

Jodie Jackson is leaving her London life, her career and her husband behind. She'd like a chance to turn back the clocks, but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's houseboat. But from the moment Jodie steps aboard her new home, it's clear she'll struggle to keep herself to herself. If it isn't Marilyn, who cleans for Bill and is under strict instructions to look after Jodie, then it's Ned, the noisy sculptor on the next-door houseboat. Ned's wood carving is hard on the ears, but it's made up for by the fact that he's rather easy on the eyes.

It's back to a new school term for the kids. Their mums - Gemma and Becky - are breathing a huge sigh of relief and reaching for the gin bottle. Except for the fact that Becky appears to be accidentally a little bit pregnant.... But that's not the first shock for the parents in the playground. Over the summer, part of their beloved Redcoats Primary has burned down. The school needs to raise thousands of pounds to stay open - and Gemma and Becky have been forced on to the fund-raising committee (just to add to the millions of messages from their online parent groups).

Funny, feisty and all-too-true, A Not Quite Perfect Family by Claire Sandy is for anyone who loves their family so much they’d just like a weekend away from them. Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It’s a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she’s the one who...

Muchos defectos no deben ser necesariamente erradicados. Al igual que las monedas, los defectos poseen dos lados: el anverso - aquello que se considera negativo, detestable y odioso - y el reverso - que contiene aspectos positivos para la personalidad, haciendo a las personas más creativas y sacando lo mejor de sí mismas.... Pero ¿de qué hablamos cuando hablamos de defectos?

Muchos defectos no deben ser necesariamente erradicados. Al igual que las monedas, los defectos poseen dos lados: el anverso - aquello que se considera negativo, detestable y odioso - y el reverso - que contiene aspectos positivos para la personalidad, haciendo a las personas más creativas y sacando lo mejor de sí mismas.... Pero ¿de qué hablamos cuando hablamos de defectos?